Have you ever heard of Harness Racing? The difference between trotters and pacers? What makes a good driver? Or even how trotting horses are trained? In this weeks Horse People Podcast episode, I sit down with Jay Hochstetler to chat through those questions, the basics of Harness Racing and much more!Jay is a legendary trainer with family in the sport tracing back to his Hall of Famer grand-father, Douglas J. Ackerman. But it was Jay’s eye, conviction, and skill to spot Ponda Warrior at a yearling auction and know it would be a winner. Listen to the episode to learn more about Harness Racing, how Jay thinks about buying horses, and Ponda Warrior: from a $37k price tag to 350k+ in earnings. Follow Jay on Twitter: here